Young children's literacy-related play Saracho, Olivia N.; Spodek, Bernard
Early child development and care,
10/1/2006, Letnik:
176, Številka:
7
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Studies indicate that young children's literacy learning can be promoted in a play setting. Literacy interactions, strategies, and activities in the children's play environment can facilitate their ...acquisition of literacy. In literacy-related play experiences, children select and utilize their abilities that are essential for literacy learning in a social context. Social contexts become pressing venues for introducing children to literacy knowledge and practices, where children develop their language and literacy through their everyday social activities. Children use play as an important resource to explore their developing conceptions of the purposes and characteristics of print in the preschool years. During play young children use language in literate ways, while they use literacy as they see it practiced. A play and literacy relationship emerges when play assists young children to explore and comprehend the interactions between these two realms. The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze current studies that examine the interaction between play and literacy.
Fathers: the 'invisible' parents Saracho, Olivia N.; Spodek, Bernard
Early child development and care,
01/2008, Letnik:
178, Številka:
7-8
Journal Article
Recenzirano
This article discusses studies that provide the historical and contemporary patterns of father involvement in the USA to provide researchers with an understanding of contemporary fatherhood. It ...describes the historical patterns and research studies on father involvement that created methodological and conceptual challenges in conducting studies that characterize fathers. A number of frequent measurement approaches, challenges, and limitations that are found in their studies are presented and discussed. The article concludes with recommendations for future research and practical applications that can guide researchers to improve their studies on fathers and to better understand the complexity of fatherhood.
This study examined a language and cultural literacy program for Hispanic fathers to promote their children’s literacy development. This study had two phases: (a) training the teachers and (b) ...educating the fathers. The results indicated that the fathers learned how to promote their Hispanic children’s literacy development using their family’s language, culture, interests, and experiences. Fathers differed in their use of language, culture, literacy strategies, literacy experiences, and responses to the literacy program.
Este estudio examinó un programa de lenguaje y cultura literaria para que padres hispanos promovieran el desarrollo literario de sus hijos. Este estudio tuvo dos fases: (a) entrenando los maestros y (b) educando a los padres. Los resultados indicaron que los padres aprendieron como promover el desarrollo literario de sus hijos hispanos usando el lenguaje de su familia, cultura, intereses, y experiencias. Los padres difirieron en su uso de lenguaje, cultura, estrategias literarias, experiencias literarias, y respuestas al programa literario.
Educational programs for young children emerged reasonably early in the history of the United States of America. The movements of Child-Centered Education, the Nursery School, the Project Method, ...Curriculum Reform, and contemporary research have all influenced mathematics in early childhood education. The Froebelian kindergarten and the Montessori
Casa die Bambini
(Children’s House) included approaches to teaching mathematics. This article reviews the history of mathematics education in relation to the history of early childhood education from the turn of the twentieth century. It also discusses how research in mathematics education attempted to gain its own identity. Throughout history, researchers have identified mathematics issues and addressed them, defining the field, and generating a cadre of mathematics researchers.
Throughout history, society has expressed little interest in early childhood play. Still early literature authors and classical paintings portray childhood play experiences. The way play has been ...conceived in the past in child development, psychology and other disciplines relates to contemporary early childhood programmes. This article provides an historical overview of the way literature and the visual arts depict play. The early pioneers and historical representations of children's play are briefly discussed to help us understand the way play was portrayed in literature and the visual arts.
Hispanic families provide children with literacy-rich environments, experiences, and interactions. Studies were reviewed to identify the Hispanic families' literacy practices, which were influenced ...by the families' educational levels, language, beliefs, and cultural practices. Family members can reinforce the children's literacy learning when they are presented with literacy experiences in a myriad of settings and contexts. The Hispanic family's support, school environments, school challenges, literacy intervention programs, and educational implications are discussed.
A family literacy program was examined to document the literacy experiences of 25 fathers and their five-year-old children. Using a case study methodology, this study examined the effects of a ...literacy intervention program that was designed to assist fathers to promote their children's acquisition of literacy. The results indicated that the fathers who learn literacy strategies and activities can contribute to their children's literacy development. Fathers in the literacy intervention program received the same literacy instruction, but they modified the instruction to their own personal style, the literacy strategies, interactions, materials, and activities that they learned. The trends and innovations in the literacy program were related to the teaching-learning process and their collaboration. These trends and innovations indicated that fathers can make important contributions to their children's literacy development.
Educational programs for young children emerged reasonably early in the history of the United States of America. Its theoretical foundation was based on the thoughts and principles of various early ...European scholars who differed from one another in their educational theories and how they viewed experiences that would impact on young children’s education, including their mathematics experiences. The movements of Children’s Arithmetic, Mental Arithmetic, the infant school, and the Froebel kindergarten all influenced mathematics in early childhood education. This article reviews the history of mathematics education in relation to the history of early childhood education through the nineteenth century. It also discusses how research in mathematics education attempted to gain its own identity. Throughout history, researchers have identified issues in mathematics education and addressed them, defining the field, and generating a cadre of mathematics researchers.
This critical review presents studies of Mexican American fathers in the United Sates to provide researchers with an understanding of contemporary fatherhood. It describes the myths that cause ...methodological and conceptual problems in interpreting the results of studies on Mexican American fathers. Several common challenges and limitations in those studies are identified and discussed, such as conflicting cultural perceptions, traditional and contemporary perceptions, and social stereotyping of the Mexican American fathers' family roles. This review also provides guidelines for future research and practical applications on Mexican American fathers' involvement in their children's education. In doing this, it contributes to an emerging understanding of the complexity of Mexican American fathering.
A case study approach was used to document the literacy experiences of 25 fathers and their children who participated in a family literacy program. It explored the effects of a literacy intervention ...that was designed to assist fathers of five-year-old children to develop their children’s literacy learning in a family environment. The findings indicated that the fathers promoted their children’s literacy development when they learned literacy strategies and activities in the program. Although all fathers were provided with the same literacy content, they differed in their use of literacy strategies. Themes were identified and described based on the literacy strategies, interactions, materials, and activities that the fathers used.
